Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19
THE BOULEVARDIER

j THE B~OULEVARDIER
THE CONCENTRATED AND sUBll
MATED ESSENCE or PARIsiANisM.
The Boulsvardier Not Necessarily Frenei
BY Birth-The Charm and Grace o
Partisan Lif-The Annals Of . Day
Dinner.
The B~oulevardier is not necessarily Paris
ian or even French by birth Some Of the
most noted have been Russians, Americans
Austrians, Belgians and Germans, who
through long years Of residence in Paris had
become more Partisan than the Parisians,
hut rarely or never English
The Boulevardier only flourishes at night
It requires the light of the Boalevards and
the shops, the heated atmosphere Of the he
aires the blaze of gas over the baccarat
tables or the shaded candles Of the cabinet
particular" to develop the latent powers in
herent in him Then he blossoms out and
shines respondent, bright, dazzling. efer-
vescent witty. When he first emerges in the
late afternoon from his seclusion it is to
drive or ride in the Bots to attend an exhi-
biton OF paintings or famous sale Of old
curios;ties and art treasures, to inhale the
element in which he thrives, the air of the
b~oulevardS or perhaps to spend IN hour at
the baccarat table reposing, preparing for
the life that only commences with the dinner.
To understand the French character and ap
preciate the charm and grace Of Partisan life
it IS necessary not only to live among the
people and to know the language thoroughly,
but when hat is acquired to learn the subtle
ties and illnesses of the language Of the clubs,
tie theatres and the boulevards, and then live
the Life of q boulevarder.
IN TIE SACRED CIRCLE
II you are admitted to the sacred circle you
viii become more than convinced, you viii
become enthusiastic, provided always that
O like and appreciate culture and art in its
manifold varieties and that you are not Pu-
ritan. You will join this inner circle, this
concentrated essence of all that is beautiful
and attractive and intelligent You will BE-
come witty yourself, even if you never sus-
pected such q quality in you by contrast
with such constantly developed and stimu
lated intelligence. You will acquire a keen
artistic taste and appreciation. and you will
rejoice and be happy in an atmosphere where
money dos not predominant and crush you
and dull your intellect with its hard,
metallic weight, where it Is little thought Of
or spoken of. and where a new play or a new
picsure IS Of far more interest than the opera |
tons Of the boirse, Of which indeed scaroIy
one of your companions could give you q
quotation
You may have $500 or $4,000 a year. !
one will know, no one will care. Your
life will be substantially the same. II you
are rich you viii have a handsome hotel in |
OF a modest apartment You will drive
your V horses instead of occasionally hiring |
one. But your associates will be the same,
your life the same-the theaters no more in |
teresting, the club no more attractive, the art |
no more agreeable and the suppers
and conversation no more amusing.
Indeed your money will be a drawback if
relied upon or displayed at all. The Bouie- |
warbler, as a rule, is not rich and cannot as
'ociate with men who spend much money.
You will begin your day by a late break
last and a glance at The Figaro or Gaulois, |
when you viii take a ride or q drive to the
Bots in the soft balmy air Of spring up the
Champ Elyses with the trees in bioom and
he odors of the blossoms waited toward you
IS you pas. You will see thousands of peo-
Die driving onward in graceful, gay equi-
,ages, a section Of those whom the world has
well; descendants of the old nobility
It France, whose ancestors fought in the
:rusades, fell at Crecy or Agincourt, con-
luered at Fontenoy. and perhaps fought
ide by side with your great-grandfather in
he revolution; children and grandchildren Of
lapoleonis generals, who carried the eagles
rom the Baltic to the Mediterranean. from
he steppes of Russia to the English channel.
OTHER INTERESTING PEOPLE.
You will see Jewish bankers and brokers,
forefathers, despised and miserable
lad been ground Town and prosecuted BY tb
of those they now associate with
nd eclipse with wealth. You will meet
Americans Of the old sterling type, and with
more numerous whose horses and
arriases are being paid for bv the taxpayers
t New York and other cities, with others i'll
t home in their new splendor, whom oil
7ells. silver mines, coal mines AVE raised
rom the dust to an alliance with the old his
orical families of Europe; South Americans
uO ONaI 1UI llelF country
nd have intercepted the money en- route.
You will PASS in the stately Avenue des
'ois de Boulogne, or the long promenade be-
veen the nodding acacias, men and women
every nation, every rank, station and re-
gion, the aristocracy Of birth, of wealth and
f beauty. You will see the most delicate
7pe Of patrician beauty, and only know
neither she is a leader Of the Faubourg St I
ermain or Of the dem monde because YOU |
re a Partisan and know the tout Paris bv {
sart You viii return refreshed BY the air /
i'd the movement and amused by the ever S
curing, ever different pageant which has
assed before your eyes. With what you q
now ard what You have seen you will have q
I'd q glimpse into half a hundred tragedies,
,Inedies and farces, and you will muse and a
TX and brighten your ideas with the friends t
u meet at the club, in the half hour you
end at q picture gallery Or on the Boule s
ard before dinner. q
That, whether you take it at the Cafe l
nglais, Lyon dor or the club. will be the d
ost agreeable hour Of the day, unless it is Q
e supper or the theatre You may sit with y
or Montgomery, with Prince Murat b
Claretie, with Carolus Duran or Albert
of; you will certainly be amused and prob d
'ly amusing; you will hear all that has hap I
ned or is supposed to have happened in the q
or demi monde Of high life or the n
Misses You will hear new ideas and new :
n you will walk along tie
lightly lighted and ~thronsed street to the
st representation Of q play, wondering how ii
ur companions could be 50 amusing, SO c,
tty, and how you could be considered so en- u
tanning, ignorant that it is a subtle electric v
trent evolved from the natural contact of n
light inteuect2--W. n CT IN New York m
aphic. v
HEART SERENADE.
ent as the music of a cloud, Il,
not sing my serenade aloud:
{ an thine eyes are closed in happy sleep, ~
e | know thy heart lis tryst will keep. II
q viii hear Har fhror-h .ha <r,r,,;l ,;-bt m